Food Spending 2022....the March Report

  Onward to March's Food Spending report......

Here are my FOOD BUDGET spending totals for MARCH 2022.

I have posted March's totals on the Total Grocery Savings Page located HERE and have updated the Totals there.
I am listing subtotals for each store I purchased from in March.  If you aren't interested in that much detail, just skip to the bottom for the Totals Sum.  My spending includes Food, Toiletries/HBA, Cleaning Products, Paper Goods, Pet Food & tax where applicable. We are a family of 3(2-3 eating at home this month). No "kids" under 26. 
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DOLLAR GENERAL

OOP  $25.77

Value  $71.76

Savings  64.09%

LIQUIDATOR

OOP  $37.47

Value  $73.47

Savings  49.00%

RITE-AID
OOP  $0.00
Qs/Ads/BC/Gift Cards  $465.88

Value  $465.88
Savings  100%

WALMART
OOP  $157.36

Qs/free Gift Cards  $209.35
Value  $366.74
Savings 57.08%

WEIS

OOP  $21.70

Qs/Sales  $15.48
Value  $37.18
Savings  41.64%

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My best 3 Store Savings Totals were Rite-Aid at 100%, Dollar General  at 64.09%, and Walmart at 57.08%.

The worst rate was at Weis(PMITA)Markets at  41.64%.  
I shopped at 5 different stores in March.  

TOTAL Spent in February................$242.30

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards...$306.85

TOTAL Value of Items Purchased....$549.15

TOTAL Savings of .............................55.88%

TOTAL Out of Pocket for February w/R-A..............$242.30

TOTAL Coupons/Sales/Gift Cards w/................$772.73
TOTAL Value of Items Purchased w/Rite-Aid...$1,015.03
TOTAL Savings with Rite-Aid items....................76.13%

This closes out the March food/toiletries spending.

THOUGHTS & COMMENTS for this month.....As predicted grocery pending was lower(since we were only home half of the month). Duh.  Don't ask about our food spending on the trip. Ouch!  Big cities out West=high spending for restaurant food.

The monthly food spending savings percentage went DOWN by 7.88% in March 2021 to 76.13% compared to the February's 84.01% savings average.  I'm ok with that.

With 3 months accounted for, I have spent a Grand Total of $883.30 on food/toiletries in 2022.

2021 Yearly Grand Total Spent....................$883.30

2021 Yearly Grand Total Value of Items.....$4,916.41

2021 Grand Total Saved...............................$4,033.11

2021 Yearly Savings Total.............................82.03%

The average per month amount spent is $294.43 in 2022.

LOOKING AHEAD To April 2022.......Now that we are home I hope to be eating down what we have at home.  I am sure groceries will be bought but who knows how much. ;-)  With the inflationary costs now I'll still try to keep the spending at or under $400.00.

If you have other ideas or guidelines you follow please leave a comment and share yours with us all.

*  How much did you spend on food/toiletries in March?

*  Do you track your yearly food spending?  It's really not that hard or time consuming; just have your receipts and either track it in a notebook or on a spreadsheet.

*  What was your savings percentage buying on sale and/or with coupons vs. buying at regular retail price last month, if you track that sort of thing?

*  What are your methods for keeping your food spending in check?

Is anyone out there up for tracking expenditures and trying to spend less but still eat well?


Sluggy

I'm Back....Sort of

Clearly not a photo of me since I can't get up if I were to sit on the floor. lol

Physically we got home the evening of March 31st and picked up the dogs on April 1st.  I came home with a raging head cold/sinus issue and tired as could be.  Maybe it's all the airplane rides(5 of them!), going from 98F to 29F and sampling regions in various stages of pollen bloom.  Or maybe it's all of the above. 8-(  Yesterday we experienced 2 seasons here-Spring then Winter again complete with snow and sleet spitting from the skies.  FML

Still trying to dig out here(figuratively AND literally)and only doing what can't be put off(paying bills that arriving in our absence), unpacking, laundry, bookkeeping stuff, picking up Rx refills and so on.  Otherwise I am in bed resting and sipping hot tea with honey and lemon(or cough drops in a pinch).

Blogging might happen Monday but don't hold me to it.  I've been dreading coming home as I have so much to do and not put off anymore.  The year is a quarter over and I am even behind-er than when I left.

I hope everyone is doing aok and/or better than I am at the moment and enjoying their weekend. 8-)

Traveling Sluggy

Bye For Now

I'll be away from the computer for a little while.  Talk amongst your selves and don't break the internet while I am away. 8-)

I would say to behave but I KNOW someone of you and well, that might not be possible. *snort*

Back soon,

Sluggy

Ibotta Shopping at Walmart & Regular Shopping at Rite-Aid This Week

 I hit Rite-Aid on Monday and got all this......

Not pictured are two large tubs of CoffeMate(for Hubs who was almost out).  I had a $9 wyspend $45 Catalina expiring that day and Qs for everything pictured(the clearance make-up and the Neutrogena masks were better than free after those Qs and I used Bonus Cash to pay so  nothing OOP.  I earned $6 in new BC on this($3 CoffeeMate, $3 Air Wick)

I also hit Walmart on Tuesday to do my 5 offers and get the $1 Midweek Bonus(oh boy! lol)......

Not pictured is a bag of dirt which was $5.98 and gave me $10 back on Ibotta(and counted toward a spend X get $X on Fetch).  The Degree body wash/soak wasn't an Ibotta deal but when bought along with the Degree soap bars(which were an Ibotta rebate)they gave me extra Bonus points on Shop Kick so I counted them here.  The WErther's double dipped for a $1.50 rebate and an any popcorn .10¢ rebate.  With the Blue Diamond cans above at R-A this all gave me 7 more rebates toward my $10 big Shamrock Bonus.  I'm only 15 rebates away from that Bonus now.

Anyway, all this plus the dirt cost me $5.26 OOP after using a $25 Swag Bucks gift card and earned me $19.10 in rebates.

I'll hit a Walmart and/or Rite-Aid on the driving part of the trip later this week and finish off that Ibotta Bonus.

That's it for my shopping so far this week.

What have you been up to?

Sluggy

Musical Tuesday

 After the last 5 days, these are the two pieces of music that come to mind for me........

Anybody care to guess what the connection is here between these two songs and me?

Sluggy